African Creation Myths A Dogon Door Add Delete

African Creation Myths A Dogon Door Add: Delete: Marcel Griaule Gift-giving Ogotemmeli Ogo Nana Boluku Yo Oral storytelling Key terms: Agadza Amma Dogon people Fon or Dahomey people gift-giving Kaikuzi Kintu Mugulu Nambi Ogo oral storytelling Pemba testing the hero trickster figure Warumbe Yo

Subsaharan Africa Mali Amma (Dogon) Pemba (Bambara) Benin (Dahomey) Nana Boluku (Fon) Uganda Kintu Mugulu /Mukulu Nigeria Agadza (Bura) For more African deities, see: http: //fullmoon_deities. tripod. com/ african. html

Dogon of Mali

Conversations with Ogotemmeli An account of the complex metaphysical beliefs and cosmology of the Dogon people of the upper Volta region. French anthropologist Griaule spent 16 years with his African hosts before they revealed their philosophy to him in these "conversations, " originally published in 1948 as "Dieu d'Eau. "

Amma Egg-shaped creation god

Amma Creates the World pottery analogy for creation of sun and moon and earth Amma has intercourse with earth Birth of two sets of twins Twins are taught speech as function of organization The earth is clothed with plants which are its speech. Amma’s struggle with Ogo, one of her creations Ogo becomes Yuguru, the Pale Fox

Bambara of Mali

Bambara Creation Yo gives birth to Faro, Pemba, and Teliko. Faro creates seven heavens Pemba creates the earth Teliko creates aquatic twins who parent fishermen. These fishermen are the ancestors of the human race.

Fon or Dahomey of Benin Androgynous deity Nana Boluku Begins creation of the universe Completed by twins Daughter Mawu (the moon) and Son Lisa (the sun)

Ganda of Uganda Kintu the first man Legendary King becomes Creator Meets Nambi and her sister Daughters of Mugulu, the sky god Brother Warumbe Kintu brings domestic animals (cow)

The Testing of Kintu

The Testing of Kintu 1 st Test: Survive without his cow 2 nd Test: Eat an enormous meal 3 rd Test: Make fire from stones 4 th Test: Fetch a bucket of dew 5 th Test: Find his Cow in a herd

Nambi and Warumbe Nambi Daughter of Mugulu Becomes wife of Kintu Warumbe Son of Mugulu Steals (kills) son of Kintu and Nambi Aetiology of DISEASE and DEATH Contest with brother Kaikuzi (The Digger) Note human weakness as cause of death

Bura of Nigeria

Agadza Aetiology of death Lizard as Trickster Contest with Worm Human nature as lazy

African Creation Myths A Dogon Door Key terms: Agadza Amma Dogon people Fon or Dahomey people gift-giving Kaikuzi Kintu Mugulu Nambi Ogo oral storytelling Pemba testing the hero trickster figure Warumbe Yo